- Title Pages
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PRELUDE
- PART ONE Leopold de Meyer 1845–47
- CHAPTER 1 The Lion Stalks America
- CHAPTER 2 De Meyer in the South and Midwest
- CHAPTER 3 The Lion Tamed
- PART TWO Henri Herz 1846–50
- CHAPTER 4 A Refined Parisian Pianist
- CHAPTER 5 With Sivori and Knoop
- CHAPTER 6 French Pianos, Italian Opera, and California Gold
- INTERLUDE I
- PART THREE Sigismund Thalberg 1856–58
- CHAPTER 7 A Rival or Liszt
- CHAPTER 8 At the Matinées
- CHAPTER 9 Henry Vieuxtemps and a Troubled Season
- INTERLUDE II
- PART FOUR Anton Kubinstcin 1872–73
- CHAPTER 10 “ The Shaggy Maestro”
- CHAPTER 11 Wieniawski
- CHAPTER 12 Rubinstein's “Magnificent Faultiness”
- CHAPTER 13 Joint Venture with Theodore Thomas
- PART FIVE Hans von Bülow 1875–76
- CHAPTER 14 Escape to the New World
- CHAPTER 15 “Unfortunately … He Also lalks”
- CHAPTER 16 The Midwest and Back
- POSTLUDE
- APPENDIX A Itineraries
- APPENDIX B Rubinstem's and Bülow's Repertoire in America
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index
INTERLUDE II
INTERLUDE II
- Chapter:
- (p.161) INTERLUDE II
- Source:
- From Paris to Peoria
- Author(s):
R. Allen Lott
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Partly because of the Civil War, no outstanding European pianist visited the United States during the 1860s. Women pianists were now entering the profession with a vengeance and several came to America, perhaps seeking greater acceptance than possible on the continent. Several of a very high caliber toured extensively throughout the United States shortly before Rubinstein's arrival, including Alide Topp (in the US 1867-70), Anna Mehlig (1846-1928; in the US 1869-73), and Marie Krebs (1851-1900; in the US 1870-2). Three more significant women pianists appeared later in the decade of the 1870s: the American Julie Rivé (later Rivé-King; 1854-1937), Arabella Goddard (1836-1922), and Annette Essipoff (1851-1914). The proliferation of women performers helped consolidate a pivotal change in the repertoire of the virtuoso pianist, who now interpreted works in a variety of styles by an array of composers representing the past and present.
Keywords: Alide Topp, Anna Mehlig, Marie Krebs, Julie Rivé-King, Arabella Goddard, Annette Essipoff
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PRELUDE
- PART ONE Leopold de Meyer 1845–47
- CHAPTER 1 The Lion Stalks America
- CHAPTER 2 De Meyer in the South and Midwest
- CHAPTER 3 The Lion Tamed
- PART TWO Henri Herz 1846–50
- CHAPTER 4 A Refined Parisian Pianist
- CHAPTER 5 With Sivori and Knoop
- CHAPTER 6 French Pianos, Italian Opera, and California Gold
- INTERLUDE I
- PART THREE Sigismund Thalberg 1856–58
- CHAPTER 7 A Rival or Liszt
- CHAPTER 8 At the Matinées
- CHAPTER 9 Henry Vieuxtemps and a Troubled Season
- INTERLUDE II
- PART FOUR Anton Kubinstcin 1872–73
- CHAPTER 10 “ The Shaggy Maestro”
- CHAPTER 11 Wieniawski
- CHAPTER 12 Rubinstein's “Magnificent Faultiness”
- CHAPTER 13 Joint Venture with Theodore Thomas
- PART FIVE Hans von Bülow 1875–76
- CHAPTER 14 Escape to the New World
- CHAPTER 15 “Unfortunately … He Also lalks”
- CHAPTER 16 The Midwest and Back
- POSTLUDE
- APPENDIX A Itineraries
- APPENDIX B Rubinstem's and Bülow's Repertoire in America
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index